2. SITE LOCATION : ANANDGRAM QUTAB ( MEHRAULI)
• The Sanskriti Kendra is located at anandgram, in
the qutab mehrauli on the outskirts of Delhi.
• The Kendra is spread over 3 hectares in the foot
hills of the aravalli range.
• Located amidst farmhouses, the peaceful
environments is idyllic for the creative activities at
the Kendra.
• ACCESSIBILITY : The Kendra is accessible from
mehrauli-gurgaon road.
• The India Gandhi international airport is located 12
km from the sanskriti Kendra and new Delhi
railway station or the old Delhi railway station, are
about 20 km from the Kendra.
3. BUILT VS OPEN
• Architect says… The complex manifestation of built form in a warm climate, where between closed-box and open
to sky, there lies in a whole continuum of zones, with varying definitions and varying degrees of protection. One
steps out of the box to lend oneself in a verandah from which one moves into a courtyard and then under a tree,
and beyond onto a terrace covered by a bamboo pergola, and then perhaps back onto a balcony and so on.
• The boundaries between these zones are not formal and sharply demarcated, but easy and amorphous.
• Subtle modulations of light, of the quality of ambient air, register each transitions on our senses…
• “CIRCULATION AND MOVEMENT” : Movement patterns are very clear Service road runs on the periphery of the
site.
• “DISTRIBUTION OF SPACES” : Public spaces like museums & office-the governing body comes first with entry.
• Sitting spaces comes next having a little bit privacy by planting trees.
• Workspaces : Studios and dormitories- a very personal spaces are away from the public spaces to avoid any kind of
distraction allowing artists to work with concentration in a very natural & fresh environment.
• Services like laundry, washing are placed at the end of the site away from public movement along the service road.
4. 1) BANYAN COURTYARD
2) BAITHAK
3) CHAR BAGH
4) TERRACOTTA TERRACE
5) MUSEUM OF
EVERYDAR ART
6) MUSEUM OF INDIAN
TEXTILES
7) KUND
8) GAON
9) MANCH/
AMPHITHEATRE
10) ARTIST’S STUDIO
11) NATURE WALK
12) BARAKHAMBA
MASTER PLAN OF SANSKRITI KENDRA, DELHI
5. LANDSCAPING
• Landscape supervised by landscape architect
Mohammad Shaheer.
• The Kendra being spread over 3 hectares on
the foothills of the aravalli range, landscape is
thus recognized as focal to the scheme.
• No activity that would disturb the basic
character of the land was undertaken.
• Landscape elements is a judicious mix of
formality and informality, both in plant and
hard landscape.
• Geometric forms, pavements, paths and
hedges intersperse the lawns, vans, and the
Nahar and the meandering parks.
• Approximately two thousand trees have been
planted to predominate the complex.
7. LANDSCAPING
• The rainwater drainage channel that runs down the
center, and existing clumps of trees become the major
structuring elements of the layout plan.
• The rainwater channel has been converted into a linear
water body (The Nahar).
• This starts from a semi-circular pool fed by water
attention pond, passed under a couple of foot bridges,
washes up the steps of Ghats on either sided, and ends
at the Manch.
• Excess water is run off through a by pass drain.
• A WOODEN PIGEON HOUSE FROM GUJARATBY-PASS
DRAINTHE
• RAINWATER DRAINAGE CHANNEL KUND NEAR THE
TEXTILE MUSEUMWATER
• POND PROVIDING SERENE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE
STUDIOS
